New Grower 400 Hps soil grow with 3 auto Blueberry and 3 auto Snowstorm #2.

[Aquarius 2013]

Day 26.
Well everything seems to be coming along fine. I've not pruned them what so ever. The ball has not developed any further and so I'm not stressing about it but will keep tabs on it. The girls have a good long drink every 2nd morning. My pH is 6.5 on the regular and the soil is ph 5.8. After sluice water is pH 6.3. I noticed the LST snowstorm had started developing yellowish tips prior to yesterdays feeding with nutes but is looking better now. I've been giving them regular water every 2nd watering and think they are getting more and more needy for regular nutes. The weather here is getting warmer and therefore my temps have been raising due to the hotter intake air. Daily average temps are running from 27.5 C (81.5 F9 to 31. C (86. F), which I'm still feeling ok about. So anyways... here is a few pics.
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The Snowstorms are in the front row, with the Blueberries in the back. The center Blueberry is not getting as bushy as the other 2 but it still appears healthy to me.
Here is a shot of the far right Blueberry starting flower.
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This last shot is of the tall LST Snowstorm and the slight yellowing of the tips.
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Well that's it for today. Comments are welcome. Happy growing to you all and peace out eh.

 

[Aquarius 2013]

Well it looks like I got a little too cocky with these sensitive autoflower ladies. Thinking that they were having hunger for the nutes, I brought my mix up from half to 3/4 strength. So a few of my girls have some burn on the lower leaves... nothing major but lesson learned. Here is some lights out pics rolling up to the end of week 4.
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Also a pic of the burn. This is the worst of it. I'll keep them on straight water this next week and roll back to 1/2 nutes the week following.
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Peace out eh.

 

[Baldy]

Why so much humidity?

 

[Aquarius 2013]

I understand what you are referring to Baldy. The leaves look quite droopy but it's due to the pots being dry... it was watering time. They perked right up after the photos were taken. The humidity has been 40 -50% lately, usually on the lower end which I think is acceptable. What say you? This is my first run with autoflowers and please correct me if I'm wrong. Peace.

 

[Boogieman]

I think the girls are looking great.. love your set-up..... exactly what i wanna do.. But I'll be doing 1-2 plants W/B.S. 180. Do you think that would be about right?...

 

[Autogrower]

Looking good.

 

[Aquarius 2013]

Thanks for the positive vibes but sorry Boogieman... I don't follow your W/B.S. 180. Could you break it down for me?

 

[Boogieman]

Blackstar 180 watt LED and same size tent you are using..

 

[Aquarius 2013]

I've used a 300W LED (equivalent to 1000W HID) in the past and have no complaints. You should be golden with the same tent and the LED as you would be drawing much less power and the shelf life of the LED's are 10 times a HID. I think you would have to suppliment the heat with a heater or heating mat. With the dimmable digital 400W HPS that I'm using, The temps work them self out well without the need to add anything else to the show. My next run will be with Hempy Hydro buckets and less plants because of the amazing results I've observed on AFN. I'm sold on it. Anyways, good luck and peace out eh.

 

[Aquarius 2013]

So anyways, I had signs of magnesium / potassium deficiency with my girls having yellow tips and spots on my lower leaves. So today I made a molasses tea and dosed them with it. I'm thinking that they will bounce back from it now. They are looking great otherwise. Also I started a poor mans co2 generator; A 2 litre bottle filled 2/3 full with a cup of sugar and 3 tablespoons of dry active yeast. Placed in the middle up the show, it should bring the levels up I figure. I'll post pics next weekend at the end of week 5. Peace out.